| Nasal obstruction is one of the primary reasons | | | | septum, foreign objects in the nasal canals, |
| men and women choose to have rhinoplasty, or | | | | enlarged adenoids, nasal polyps, and turbinate |
| nose surgery. Most cases of nasal blockage are | | | | bones |
| normal, temporary conditions, however others | | | | If the blockage seems more prevalent during |
| can be persistent, frustrating, and even cause | | | | certain seasonal periods or after eating certain |
| problems with breathing. Nasal obstruction can | | | | foods, it may indicate allergies or other |
| cause swelling in the nasal linings and other side | | | | environmental reactions. If blockage stays localized |
| effects that interfere with the way you breathe. | | | | on one side of the nose, or if the blockage has |
| If you are experiencing nasal obstruction and it | | | | been present for quite a while, you may be |
| has become an ongoing problem, you may need | | | | dealing with an anatomic cause. Snoring and other |
| to visit a cosmetic surgeon skilled in nasal | | | | obvious breathing differences are often indications |
| obstruction diagnosis and treatment. There are | | | | of anatomic blockage. |
| many possible causes of nasal obstruction, so it is | | | | Reshaping the nose to correct abnormal airflow is |
| imperative that you find a physician who has the | | | | the goal of nose surgery - carefully reshaping of |
| technology and background to deliver an accurate | | | | cartilage, tissue and bone your physician will also |
| diagnosis. | | | | take into account the ideal structure to allow |
| Potentially dangerous nasal obstruction may begin | | | | correct airflow. In designing your rhinoplasty |
| as a simple sensation of stuffiness that gradually | | | | procedure to relieve nasal blocking, the reshaping |
| worsens over time. You may experience | | | | will first depend on the specific cause. If the |
| intermittent stuffiness that comes and goes | | | | septum or turbinate bones are affected by |
| unpredictably or at regular intervals. Causes of | | | | anatomic blockage, the abnormalities will need to |
| nasal obstruction can be either anatomic or | | | | be addressed in surgery. The goal is to. In cases |
| nonanatomic: | | | | where a foreign body is discovered to be the |
| · Nonanatomic causes include sinusitis, | | | | root of blockage, the removal of the item is the |
| allergies, birth control medication, and overuse of | | | | first treatment, and surgery may be |
| nasal spray | | | | recommended if nasal tissue has suffered |
| · Anatomic causes include deviated | | | | damage. |